Base Defense! vs Weapon Evolve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Base Defense!
Lead your community, manage resources, and defend your base from enemies. Explore new areas to rescue civilians and expand your territory. Upgrade your character and hire workers to strengthen your defenses and conquer new bases.
- Base defense and expansion
- Resource management
- Enemy combat and boss battles
- Civilian rescue and community building
- Character upgrades
- Worker hiring
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In Base Defense! you will be responsible for defending and expanding your base Play as a leader and manage all resources, fight against enemies and even save civilians to create a living community. Explore for new areas to save more people. Shoot enemies and defeat bosses to conquer new bases. Upgrade your character, hire workers and much more!
Weapon Evolve
Upgrade your weapon through different eras, from medieval swords to laser guns. Progress through unique levels, defeat enemies, and enhance your arsenal to conquer all challenges. Discover a wide variety of fun and unique weapons.
- Weapon evolution through time
- Unique weapons from different eras
- Enemy destruction
- Timeline progression
- Income enhancement
- Discover fun weapons
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Pick the best time gates to upgrade your weapon from Spear to Laser Gun! Kill all the enemies with different weapons from different timelines. Feel the progression with weapons from the changing era. From medieval sword to revolver, destroy everyone with UNIQUE weapons! Defeat all enemies, upgrade your year and income to earn more! Aim your weapons to doors, improve timeline and multiply weapons to win! Fun weapons to discover! Unique levels with unique weapons pack！ Lots of content for free!
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Verdict
Base Defense! and Weapon Evolve both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Weapon Evolve's written reviews are positive against 22% of Base Defense!'s. Weapon Evolve also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Base Defense!'s advantage is ratings volume (10K vs 186). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Base Defense! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Weapon Evolve sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Base Defense! against 4.7 for Weapon Evolve. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Base Defense! has 10K ratings behind it against 186, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 22% of Base Defense!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Weapon Evolve's.
Base Defense! ships an update weekly, Weapon Evolve every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Base Defense! | Weapon Evolve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (10K ratings) | 4.7 (186 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 186 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 282 MB | 195 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rollic Games | Mooncake Games Limited |
Customer experience
Base Defense!
Weapon Evolve
Bugs and requests
Base Defense!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Workers and upgrades not functioning properly
- Progress not saving correctly
- Inconsistent and unreliable gameplay
Requested features
4 requests- Add sound and music
- Improve progression and longevity
- Reduce reliance on ads
- Fix bugs and optimize performance
Weapon Evolve
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Base Defense!
- No Ads$2.99
Weapon Evolve
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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